Yes yesway, the team event may be a good way to rise the interest in a country that have middle good skaters. And what a great oppurtunity for Parr. I'm sure he will do better than his best I like the team event-idea more and more.

While those names need to be confirmed this week, they are pretty much a given.

Ladies

Nathalie Weinzierl (she has not reached the qualification score, but since Germany has a team going on - it is very likely that she will also start in the Ladies)

Yup, officially confirmed just a few minutes ago... That´s great for the Wende´s after their long break to have such a great comeback... And a pity for Weinzierl (I have not read it, but I think she will "only" be in the Team Competition) that she missed the qualification score needed by less than a point :/

Yup, officially confirmed just a few minutes ago... That´s great for the Wende´s after their long break to have such a great comeback... And a pity for Weinzierl (I have not read it, but I think she will "only" be in the Team Competition) that she missed the qualification score needed by less than a point :/

Yup, officially confirmed just a few minutes ago... That´s great for the Wende´s after their long break to have such a great comeback... And a pity for Weinzierl (I have not read it, but I think she will "only" be in the Team Competition) that she missed the qualification score needed by less than a point :/

Yes Nathalie needed 145, but missed it by 0.4 points. The following competitions don't count anymore, as the DOSB had to make the decision for the Athletes today, at January they will nominate the staff like the coaches.

Regarding the official DEU info it is happening Nathalie will start in the Ladies + Team. The team will be "selected" at a later date though out of the following athletes.

Doesn't that press release say that Nathalie Weinzierl was nominated? So I imagine that she'll take part in both Ladies and team after all? I mean come on, give her a break, it's only 0.4 points!

Yes, she will start at both - at least I don't see any reason why she shouldn't. As you said, she only missed it by 0.4 points + she showed at the nationals that she can skate much better than she had shown before, therefore the DOSB gave her the ticket. She said it herself "it was a relief to not have to skate with the Olympic Qualification score in mind at nationals".

Those names mentioned above will compete at their respective categories - maybe I wasn't clear there before, sorry if that was the case.

The team itself, those that compete in the team event - will be selected out of those athletes. As we only have one Lady and one Men, we can be quite sure that those will compete. As for pairs and dance - I assume Maylin & Daniel for the pairs and Tanja & Stefano for Dance, but a confirmation is still needed there at a later date.

I am a little surprised with this announcement. Viktoria Helgesson has had a very disappointing season so far. Yes she is the national champion but I would wait until 2014 Europeans are over to name the lady.

I am a little surprised with this announcement. Viktoria Helgesson has had a very disappointing season so far. Yes she is the national champion but I would wait until 2014 Europeans are over to name the lady.

I agree. Helgesson had a meltdown this season thus far. However, I am confident she can turn herself around in time for Europeans, so I think the choice is okay.

Ladies: Elizaveta Ukolova (she lost Nationals to Brezinova but according to Czech Federation's criteria the Lady who won the Olympic spot at Nebelhorn would qualify to Olympics)
Men: Michal Brezina, Tomas Verner